LL-L: "Etymology" LOWLANDS-L, 18.JAN.2001 (06) [E]

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From: Roger Thijs [roger.thijs at euro-support.be]
Subject: LL-L: "Etymology" LOWLANDS-L, 18.JAN.2001 (04) [E]

[sassisch at yahoo.com]
> Subject: Etymology
> I looked around a little more and found that apparently there is an
ongoing
> debate in the etymologist community about _himil_, _himmel_, _himinn_,
etc.
> One school of thought connects this word group with Indo-European
*_{k'}em-_
> 'to cover' (from which they also consider German and Low Saxon _Hemd_
'shirt'

In my West-Limburgish from Vliermaal:

WL: hiemel (masc.: menne hiemel), plural: hiemele:
D: hemel (de-woord, mijn hemel)
E: heaven

WL: himme (neut.: mee(n) himme), plural: himmes
D: hemd (het-woord, mijn hemd)
E: skirt

("mijn" in Dutch is in WL:
    masc. "menne",
    fem. "main",
    neu. "mee" ("meen": before vowel and before h)

Regards,
Roger

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